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Tractor Beam! by michael.meadows

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made by michael.meadows for LD32 (COMPO)
"Commander - we have run out of ammunition."
"Darn, we'll have to use our tractor beam to kill all our enemies and get out of here alive."

To move, use the mouse to control the direction of the space ship indicated by the turret and left click to thrust.
To attach to any object using the tractor beam, select the object with the mouse pointer and SHIFT left click.
To detach, shift left click again.

Good luck!
Web http://www.meadows.force9.co.uk/LudumDare32.html
Original URL https://ludumdare.com/compo/ludum-dare-32/?action=preview&uid=51990

Ratings

Coolness 45% 1497
Overall 2.76 903
Fun 2.63 873
Graphics 2.08 1034
Innovation 3.04 600
Theme 3.30 590

Feedback

jacketsj
20. Apr 2015 路 02:08 UTC
Broken.
jacketsj
20. Apr 2015 路 02:09 UTC
Game just cuts away to a different scene the moment you click anything, and then nothing happens.
randomperson42
20. Apr 2015 路 04:54 UTC
Yep its broken
rosy_tucker
20. Apr 2015 路 17:09 UTC
The game works for me on Safari. I find the controls a tad difficult but it's really fun to throw enemies around! Good job :D
馃帳 michael.meadows
20. Apr 2015 路 18:43 UTC
Thanks very much for the feedback both good and bad! @jacketsj, @randomperson42, and anyone who has trouble running this - please could you post some more details about the issues that you found - in particular the browser/version.
nicklink483
20. Apr 2015 路 20:21 UTC
It doesn't seem to play correctly. It cuts to a different area and I cant control anything. On Ubuntu 14.01 and on Firefox 37.0.1

Hope this helps!
bpvelloso
20. Apr 2015 路 20:23 UTC
Works fine in chrome, very cool concept but it is a hard game, the mechanics stuff are well implemented but the controls are not the easiest and can be improved. Congratulation, very funny game!
馃帳 michael.meadows
21. Apr 2015 路 22:06 UTC
@nicklink483; thanks very much for the information - there was a problem with Firefox. Reproduced and fixed on Firefox 37.0.2 under Windows 7.
xWarZonex
22. Apr 2015 路 20:31 UTC
I like the game and the graphics a lot, At first a didn't understand how to play, so it would have been nice if you explained. Auto resetting the scene would have been nice too. Nice entry.
Blobo
24. Apr 2015 路 01:08 UTC
way too difficult. i like the random generation though.
jplur
24. Apr 2015 路 01:12 UTC
ooh nice idea, it's challenging! Game could use more polish, maybe think about a post-compo version :)
TheBurningHat
24. Apr 2015 路 20:10 UTC
Fun game with nice simplistic graphics, didn't understand what to do at first but figured it out pretty quickly.
steboots
26. Apr 2015 路 20:46 UTC
Would be nice to auto reload scene
Martin Vilcans
26. Apr 2015 路 20:50 UTC
Great concept. I used to play Gravity Force a lot, and this is similar (including the instadeath), but the mechanic with the tractor beam is a nice addition. I was a bit disappointed though after I realized I couldn't kill the enemies by dragging them into the walls, and I never figured out how to kill them in a controlled fashion. Very nice concept though that would be good if you worked more on it.